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Entrants' Contacts

Pre-Registrations should be sent to:
Pentathalon Co-Coordinator
Lady Rowan deBeauchamp
( Jessica Litwin )
111 Country Garden Apartments #9
Troy, NY 12180
( 518 ) 273 - 6856 (Before 10 pm.)
pentathlon@scanorthernlights.org

Research Papers, Reports,
Written Prose or Poetry to:
Pentathalon Co-Coordinator
Lord Anders Botman
( Philip Jacques )
12 Church Street
Dearfield, NH 03037
( 603 ) 463 - 7522 (Before 9 pm.)
registration@scanorthernlights.org


Autocrat
Lady Freygerðr in stórràða Halladóttir
called "Frigga"

mka Jen Haley
1 Margaret Dr,
Queensbury, NY 12804
518-792-7923 or 518-321-6692 (10am to 9pm.)
Email preferred:     autocrat@scanorthernlights.org

The Categories

Competitors please note that some of the category numbers have changed ! Categories Under-Entered in Recent Years are indicated by bold lettering and the new category is indicated by emphasis bold lettering.

Costuming

1. Costuming, pre-1000; 2. Costuming, 1000-1300; 3. Costuming, 1300-1500; 4. Costuming, 1500-End of Period; 5. Costuming for Combat (includes horse barding); 6. Accessories (no headwear); 7. Headwear.

Small Work

8. Counted Embroidery; 9. Non-counted Embroidery; 10. Beadwork. (does not include jewelry)

Textiles

11. Non-woven Fabric (sprang, knitting, felting, etc.); 12. Weaving; 13. Cordmaking (replaces Narrow Work); 14. Spinning; 15. Dyeing.

Smithing

16. Leatherwork; 17. Woodwork; 18. Metalwork; 19. Jewelry; 20. Glass.

Scribal and Heraldic

23. Calligraphy; 24. Illumination; 25. Heraldic Display.

Edible and Potable

26. Cooking; 27. Herbalism; 32. Beers/Ales/Lagers; 33. Meads; 34. Wines; 35. Cordials.

Miscellaneous

21. Drawing and Painting; 22. Sculpture and Carving; 28. Period Science; 29. Household Goods; 30. Toys; 31. Miscellaneous.

Performance (Register by Feb 22)

36. Musical Performance (Period Style, Traditional or Original); 37. Musical Performance (Non-period style / Filk); 38. Storytelling and Drama; 39. Dance; 40. Poetry - Performance; 41. Teaching Demonstration 42. Other Performances.

Written Categories (Due February 1)

43. Musical Composition; 44. Research Papers (8 or more pages of text); 45. Research Reports (less than 8 pages of text); 46. Prose; 47. Poetry - written.

**The due date is usually posted as "1 month before competition" but the quicker things are submitted, the sooner the judges can begin. ;-)
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